Product Description

Flip and stack this clever loaf of cards to build slamwiches and double-deckers. Tomato, onion, tomato... slap! Get there first and win the pile. The player who collects all of the cards wins. Parental alert: a sharp eye and fast hand will prevail. Play all out, but the kids will beat you every time!

Slamwich teaches reading readiness skills, like visual discrimination and sequencing. While kids are flipping and stacking cards, they're actually learning how to recognize a series, make combinations, and anticipate what might happen.

Product Reviews

Don't "slam" this game -- I've played this game
with children ages 5 to 9, and also watched kids
playing it amongst themselves without any adults,
and have always seen the kids enjoying themselves.
Kids love the tactile element in games, and in
this quick card game they get that a huge heaping
of that -- the first to slap the double-decker, or
the slamwich, or the thief -- it's just great fun
for them. Probably not going to keep them busy
for an hour, but for 15 to 20 minutes it's great
fun. Also, it's very easy to teach them, and for
kids to teach to other kids.

If you are looking for a game for the preK-Grade 1
set, than this may fit the bill. Beyond that, it
lacks any real thinking skills and quickly bores
older kids (and parents). And the slapping! It
was the cause of too many arguments about who
actually slapped the card first! This game sits
at the back of our game cabinet unused since the
first day we tried it.

It's been played for years before Gamewright
packaged it as Slamwich. If you think it's worth
the extra bucks to have a specialized Egyptian
Ratscrew deck, go for it. I'll stick with a
regular deck of playing cards, thanks.

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